Paul / SMS Upholstery

Please forgive me if this posts twice......... my Hotmail acct. was having hiccups.........

Dumb 'ol Hotmail...................

Hello Paul V. and Everyone,
Just wanted to remind you that SMS is moving their warehouse to a location in Canby (southeasterly suburb of Portland) sometime soon, it would be best to call them and make sure you head to the right location........ actually I remember that Doug said that they already had ALL the Chrysler items moved out to Canby, the day that i was in his office.
I don't think that they deal with carpets, but I could be wrong.

www.smsautofabrics.com

ALSO,
I just have one quick comment I'd like to make while I'm here............
When I have had a question or problem for the list, many of you have e-mailed me off the list with helpful and informative solutions.........THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH......... my only gripe is, I like to read every entry on the mailing list, and , I learn SO MUCH from the many replies that you all offer everyday, but now, I also know that many replies go straight to the personal e-mail of the person who posts a question, and don't ever show up here on the mailing list.
I guess I just hate to miss a good solution that may not ever make it onto the mailing list.
Since many of us will probably encounter these same problems sometime during our ownership of these cars, it would be nice to have as much info as possible make it to the mailing list so I can store it somewhere in my little pea brain.
Also, with new people joining constantly and people not reading every e-mail everyday..... I think it's GOOD that the "s ame old" questions keep popping up....... It re-enforces them in my brain for future reference.......and the new guys get a "live" answer instead of a "memorex" (archive search) answer........
Just some Imperial food for thought.................YUMMMMM !!!
CHEERS
Howlett in Boring

>From: "Howlett, Michael" <Michael.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

>To: "'collyman1@xxxxxxxxxxx'" <collyman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>Subject: FW: Paul / SMS Upholstery

>Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:14:29 -0700

>-----Original Message-----

>From: Paul Volkmann [mailto:imperial65@xxxxxxxxxxx]

>Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:31 PM

>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>Subject: IML: SMS Upholstery

>Hi Imperialists,

> This is mostly a question for Mike, since he's nearby, but any other

>Imperialists interested may benefit.

>Do they deal with leather also? Carpet?

>My seats need recovering, certainly a dye job as I've got the Black Plum

>interior, and Portland is close enough to drive if I HAVE to.

>Does this actually go to the list? I've only received mail when Greg posts.

>Paul V

>'65 Crown Coupe

>Mauve Metallic/Black Plum/Persian White

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: mOPAR mIKE and mELISSA

> > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 4:08 PM

> > Subject: RE: IML: SMS problem Philippe/Elisabeth

> >

> > Hello Everyone,

> >

> > I have just returned from a quick trip to SMS Upholstery here in Oregon.

> >

> > Here is what I learned:

> >

> > Very nice people there, they took the time to answer ALL my questions.

> >

> > They had 6 people (that I could see) on the phones, and the phones never

> >stopped ringing the whole time I was there.

> >

> > I talked to the owner and he took the time to look up the orders from

> >Philippe's friend M. Mendez (France) and Elisabeth (Sweden).

> >

> > Regarding M. Mendez' order, He told me that their mill supplier (in New

> >Jersey) had sent some vinyl back to Portland, but the "Pewter" color did

> >not match, so they had to re-order the vinyl to match the original samples

> >from M. Mendez (which I saw). They also had a problem with the embossing of

> >one of the vinyls. They are very meticulious and will only send the order

> >out if it is perfect and correct.

> >

> > Regarding Elisabeth's order, he showed me the order and said there were

> >6 different cars that she was buying material for. He said that some of the

> >fabrics had to be specially made at the mill in New Jersey and might take 2

> >weeks, 2 months, or 6 months.

> >

> > One thing he kept saying was that people don't realize that some of

> >these orders may take 6 months or longer, he said the best thing to do is

> >to plan ahead and allow at least 6 months for any fabrics, or panels, or

> >vinyl, that might have to be dyed, or embossed, or made from scratch.

> >

> > He was very concerned about his customers, his office was well organized

> >and it only took him seconds to find M. Mendez' order and also Elisabeths

> >order.

> >

> > This was significant as they are also in the middle of a major move,

> >moving the whole business from Portland to Canby (a small suburb of

> >Portland) and into a larger warehouse.

> >

> > I have no involvement with this company, I went there in person to help

> >the people on the IML list, and to see what they have available for my

> >Imperials.

> >

> > I hope this helps..............

> >

> > Michael Howlett

> >

> > Boring Oregon

> >

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